Editor’s note: The following article is an edited submission from the staff of Taylor KIA of Toledo and does not neccessarily reflect the views of the publisher. As part of the Taylor Automotive family, founded in 1979 by Stephen Taylor Sr., Taylor KIA of Toledo has played a significant role in the region’s automotive landscape.

The first colors of fall are among the very best, with deep colors of sumac, black gum and Virginia creeper. Check out the bright color of poison ivy–yes, poison ivy. They are all making their appearance right now.

The Wood County Extension Office will be conducting a “Dining with Diabetes” series of nutrition and cooking education courses designed for people with diabetes along with their family members or caregivers.

The Neighborhood Health Association (NHA) will hold a free workshop designed to support grandparents and other kinship caregivers on Wednesday, October 11. The program entitled “Superheroes Need Support, Too: A Resource Workshop for Grandparents and Kinship Caregivers Raising Children” will run from 9 a.m.

Toledo Night Market will present the second annual Ciderfest419 from 6 to 10 p.m., Friday, October, 6, at the Ribbon at Glass City Metropark, 1505 Front Street, Toledo. Ciderfest419 will feature ample tastings of hard cider, mead, wine and craft beer, as well as a concert by the Marty Ray Project, an Indie band, and dancing with Urban Cowboy Line Dancing, both visiting Toledo for the first time from Nashville.

Mercy Health’s mobile mammography unit has visits scheduled throughout the region in October. The mobile mammography unit is customized for patient convenience and will deliver 3D mammograms to women age 40 and older.

Hospice of Northwest Ohio has an immediate need for licensed hairdressers or those who can sew, and volunteer their skills to meet the needs of hospice patients and families. Hair care volunteers are needed for basic haircuts for patients throughout Wood, Lucas, Fulton, Henry, Ottawa and Monroe counties.

The 20th annual German-American “Story Slam” is set for Wednesday, October 11, at 7 p.m., at the Wood County Museum, 13660 County Home Road, Bowling Green. A brief introductory program will be given by retired Bowling Green State University professor, Geoff Howes, on the topic of Bowling Green’s 1889 German language newspaper, Die Post followed by a shared information time.